September 9, 2009 / Front Page

A silent auction, featuring a colored pencil drawing of the former Reel and Sons Feed and Grain in Worthington, will be held during the upcoming Owen County Apple Butter Festival, September 19-20. More...

Looking for a great deal? The Spencer Christian Church will host its annual "Fall Boutique" sale this coming Friday and Saturday, September 11-12, in the Christian Life Center, located on S. Montgomery Street in Spencer. More...

Kyle Faulkner, a 2009 Owen Valley High School grad and son of Pamela and Hiroshi Imasaki of Spencer and Kevin Faulkner, is one of 29 freshmen attending Butler University on full scholarship as part of the Lilly Endowment Community More...

Spencer Town Council The Spencer Town Council will meet Wednesday, September 9, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Building, located at 90 North West Street. This meeting is open to the public. More...

This year could be another record setting year for U.S. corn production, said Purdue University's Chris Hurt, who believes those numbers will be reflected in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's September 12 Crop Production report. More...

In the absence of Owen County Commissioner Richard Foutch, commissioners Wiley Truesdel and George Jennings endorsed a new prescription drug discount card, approved a tobacco cessation class for all county employees and appointed a replacement for More...

Home Financial Bancorp ("Company") (OTCBB Symbol "HWEN"), an Indiana corporation which is the holding company for Owen Community Bank, s.b., ("Bank") based in Spencer, Indiana, announces unaudited results for the fourth quarter and twelve months en More...

Jackson Bond, a fifth grader at Spencer Elementary School and a son of Jeff and Sarah Bond, recently won first place in the Tunis sheep class at the 2009 Indiana State Fair, and then topped that by winning Tunis Showmanship. More...

Colsyn Head, eight-year-old son of Chastity Pendleton and a second grader at Patricksburg Elementary School and Larry Mark Ruble, 12-year-old son of Dawn Ruble and Dave Brown and a sixth grader at Eastern Greene recently competed at the Northern Di More...

From The Upper Room The World's Most Widely Read Daily Devotional Guide

Read 1 Kings 19:1-18 [Elijah] prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, Lord," he said. "Take my life." -1 Kings 19:4 (NIV) I had lost my job. After a sixmonth search, I found work 2500 miles away. More...

Calling all kids... come join the fun by taking part in the Awana program at the First Baptist Church of Spencer. The church hosts games, provides snacks, goody bags, and an Awana store twice a year to spend points you earn each club night... More...